Girder-rail



' (No Model.)

H. H LITTELL.

GIRDER RAIL.

Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

awwnboz I following is so full, clear, and exact a descrip- UNITED"STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARDIN H. LITTELL, OF LOUTSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Gianna-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 369,187, dated August30, 1887.

Application filed July 1, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARDIN H. LITTELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Girder -,Rai1s,of which the tion as will enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in railroadrails; and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts, as will behereinafter described, and more particw larly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to construct a cheap durable rail whichmay be firmly and quickly secured in its bearings in the track,

and which may be readily and easily removed when worn out or brokenwithout the necessity of removing the chair.

The other objects in general are to construct a practical, inexpensive,A and durable rail which may be secured in place in the street, andwhich may be held in position by chairs placed at suitable intervalsalong the bed of the road to support the head of the rail, its shank orgirder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end view of myimprovedrail. Fig. 2 is a cross-section showing the rail secured to the chair.Fig. 3 is an end view of the chair, with its flange and step.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A represents the head of therail,l1aving flanges B B Serial No. 206,808. (No model.)

with one side ofthehead,and the under surface of the flange B extendsdownward beyond the center of the head A to form a shoulder, a

The letter D represents the perforated chair, having a flange, E, whichabuts against the under side of the head of the rail'at the shoulder a.The chair is also provided with a step, c, on which rests the lower endof the shank, said shank and flange being secured together by means ofbolts a a,passing through the perforations of the shank and chair.

Having described my invention, what I .claim is The combination, withthe head of the rail, having outwardly-extending flanges, a shank orgirder on a line, or nearlyso, with one side of the head, and the undersurface of the outer flange extending inward beyond the center of saidhead to form a shoulder, of a chair having a flange and step, the formersupporting the head at the shoulder and the latter sup porting the lowerend of said shank or girder, and bolts for securing the parts'together,as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I here-

